Want Review: The Smog Represents My Heart
(Look, if Cindy Pon can reference Jay Chou, I can reference Jay Chou, okay?) Taiwan of the future is a great place to be--if you're rich. In fact, the world is a pretty great…
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For Your Consideration: Books
In no particular order, some of the books I have read this year or am reading and feel like talking about. 1. Frogkisser! - It's so cute and absolutely trademark Garth Nix. He's like…
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The Refrigerator Monologues Review: We Don’t Tiptoe
The minute I saw the name for this book, I exclaimed—ostensibly to my husband, but my cat or the open air would have sufficed—"of course this needs to be a book. Why has no…
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The Wolf Wilder Review: She is Not a Tame Girl
Continuing the theme of Russian-related YA, I wanted to draw attention to a 2015 release that is a little younger than YA and a lot more amazing than anticipated. Very--very--loosely based on the tale…
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Mapping the Interior Review: Hey-na, My Ghost Dad’s Back
Graham-Jones's Mongrels was a sleeper hit for me from 2016, a story about a young man who's a late-bloomer in his family of werewolves. Did it say anything new about that beaten-to-death subject, the…
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Roar Review: Riders on the Storm
Aurora has a big secret. She's not special. Oh, she's a princess. She's heir to a city-state and has never known physical hardship. She's lovely, adept in languages, a gifted horsewoman, and a practiced…
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Down Among the Sticks and Bones Review: Equal and Opposite Forces
When I was younger, I always wanted a twin. Siblings were fine, but a twin--that would really have been something. Someone just like me who I could always depend on, who would be there…
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The Monstrous Child Review: Hel’s Belle
Breathing new life into old characters is the second-oldest tradition in storytelling, right after making those characters up in the first place. Oh, I could tell you about modern trends, what Wicked and The Red…
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Remembering Your Towel for Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of Douglas Adams. On May 11, 2001, Douglas Adams, author of the Trilogy in Five series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, died…
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I Believe in a Thing Called Love Review: My Sassy KDrama Girl
A note before I get started: this book should come with one of those advisory warnings, except instead of warning parents against explicit lyrics, it should just warn everyone about lyrics. Just lyrics. Because…
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